American tourist arrested for allegedly defacing gate at Tokyo shrine
19 hours ago · Link Copied! A torii gate at the entrance of Tokyo's Meiji Shrine. A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine. The ...
American tourist arrested for using his fingernails to damage …
21 hours ago · The Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo is a popular tourist attraction. (Reuters: Androniki Christodoulou)The suspect and his family arrived in Japan for sightseeing on Monday. US Embassy staff have ...
American tourist arrested in Japan and accused of defacing shrine …
1 day ago · Nov. 14, 2024, 5:55 AM PST. By Arata Yamamoto and Marlene Lenthang. TOKYO — An American tourist has been arrested in Japan and accused of carving letters into a pillar of a gate to a shrine in ...
American tourist arrested over defacing of Meiji Shrine torii gate
1 day ago · 1 min. Tokyo police arrested a 65-year-old American man Wednesday on suspicion of property damage after he allegedly carved letters into the wooden pillar of a torii gate at the Meiji Shrine in ...
American Tourist Arrested for Defacing Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo
1 day ago · By Eugenie Shin. November 14, 2024. A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested on suspicion of vandalism on Wednesday for damaging a torii gate at Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward. The day before, at approximately 11:20 a.m., he allegedly carved the name of a family member onto the gate with his fingernails as a prank.
Police arrest US man for scratching letters into Japanese shrine
1 day ago · News Show more news sections. Middle East ... Visitors explore the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo, Japan [Sebastian Kahnert/picture alliance via Getty Images] ... The Meiji Jingu shrine was ...
Japan's Latest Tourism Headache Is American Arrested for Damaging Tokyo ...
1 day ago · Tokyo Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrest of a 65-year-old American on Wednesday on suspicion of carving alphabetical characters into the pillar of a torii gate of the Meiji Jingu Shrine on ...
American man arrested for defacing Tokyo's Meiji Jingu shrine
2 days ago · Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 65-year-old American male for allegedly defacing Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo earlier this week by using his fingernails to scratch letters in a torii gate there. Steve Hayes, who arrived in Japan for a holiday with his family on Monday, claimed he was writing his family members' names as a prank ...
Tokyo police arrest American tourist for allegedly defacing shrine …
1 day ago · Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Tokyo authorities arrested a 65-year-old U.S. tourist for allegedly defacing the gate of a local shrine. Police detained the suspect, identified as Steven Lee Hayes, at his hotel ...
American Tourist Arrested After Allegedly Defacing Gate at Tokyo Shrine
1 day ago · An entrance gate or 'torii' at Meiji shrine in Tokyo. A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing the entrance to a famous shrine in Tokyo, according to reports. On Wednesday, Nov. 13, Steven Lee Hayes was arrested on suspicion of property damage, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to NBC News.